1,600 brand prof’s physics theory sexist
MORE than 1,600 scientists have signed a statement branding as sexist the remarks of an Italian researcher who stated physics was “built by men”.
Prof Alessandro Strumia presented an analysis at a Cern nuclear research workshop which he claimed “proved” women were less capable at the subject than men.
He has since been suspended by the lab.
The statement says Prof Strumia’s talk was “fundamentally unsound” and was “followed by open discrimination and personal attacks”.
The academic said the complainants “mostly come from those countries more affected by political correctness, which I indicated as the problem”.